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citations 

for the Portraits of Coercion fact sheet

1. VM Rue et. al., “Induced abortion and traumatic stress: A preliminary comparison of American and Russian women,” Medical Science Monitor 10(10): SR5-16, 2004.

2. D. Reardon, Aborted Women, Silent No More (Springfield, IL: Acorn Books, 2002).

3. David M. Fergusson, et. al., “Abortion in young women and subsequent mental health,” Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 47(1): 16-24, 2006.

4. M. Gissler et. al., “Pregnancy Associated Deaths in Finland 1987-1994 -- definition problems and benefits of record linkage,” Acta Obsetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 76:651-657, 1997; and M. Gissler, “Injury deaths, suicides and homicides associated with pregnancy, Finland 1987-2000,” European J. Public Health 15(5):459-63, 2005. A study of 173,000 American women found that women who had abortions had a 62 percent higher risk of death from all causes over the next eight years compared to women who gave birth. (DC Reardon et. al., "Deaths Associated with Pregnancy Outcome: A Record Linkage Study of Low-Income Women," Southern Medical Journal 95(8):834-41, Aug. 2002)

5. Gissler, Hemminki & Lonnqvist, "Suicides after pregnancy in Finland, 1987-94: register linkage study," British Journal of Medicine 313:1431-4, 1996; and M. Gissler, “Injury deaths, suicides and homicides associated with pregnancy, Finland 1987-2000,” European J. Public Health 15(5):459-63, 2005. A study of 173,000 American women found that women who had abortions were 2.5 times more likely to commit suicide over the next eight years compared to women who gave birth. (DC Reardon et. al., "Deaths Associated with Pregnancy Outcome: A Record Linkage Study of Low-Income Women," Southern Medical Journal 95(8):834-41, Aug. 2002)

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